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Joey Pigza loses control, Jack Gantos

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Summary
  • When Joey Pigza meets his dad, Carter, for the first time in years, he meets a grownup version of his old hyperactive self -- the way he was before his stint in special ed, the way he was before he got his new meds. "He was wired. No doubt about it ... Now I knew what Mom meant when she said he was like me, only bigger." During their summer visit together, Carter is eager to make up to his son for past wrongs. He wants to teach Joey how to be a winner. He wants to show Joey how to take control of his own life. And Joey is willing to do whatever his dad says, even though -- in this high-energy sequel to the acclaimed Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key -- he fears it will do him more harm than good. "All I could imagine was the worst part of me getting on a train a long ways off. That old Joey was coming to get me and I couldn't do anything about it ... There was nothing to do but wait, and worry."--Jacket flap
  • Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
195 pages
Note
Sequel to: Joey Pigza swallowed the key
Contents
  • Potholes
  • Dog-eared
  • Storybook land
  • Bad golf
  • Caveman
  • Thinking
  • My game
  • The gift
  • Downtown
  • Secret
  • Jelly legs
  • Scary-book land
  • The moon
  • The mall
Isbn
9780374399894
Instance
Label
Joey Pigza loses control
Title
Joey Pigza loses control
Statement of responsibility
Jack Gantos
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • When Joey Pigza meets his dad, Carter, for the first time in years, he meets a grownup version of his old hyperactive self -- the way he was before his stint in special ed, the way he was before he got his new meds. "He was wired. No doubt about it ... Now I knew what Mom meant when she said he was like me, only bigger." During their summer visit together, Carter is eager to make up to his son for past wrongs. He wants to teach Joey how to be a winner. He wants to show Joey how to take control of his own life. And Joey is willing to do whatever his dad says, even though -- in this high-energy sequel to the acclaimed Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key -- he fears it will do him more harm than good. "All I could imagine was the worst part of me getting on a train a long ways off. That old Joey was coming to get me and I couldn't do anything about it ... There was nothing to do but wait, and worry."--Jacket flap
  • Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship
Member of
Awards note
Newbery Honor Book, 2001 ; American Library Association Notables, 2001 ; School Library Journal Best Books, 2000 ; and Booklist Editors' Choice/Books for Youth, 2000.
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Gantos, Jack
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Reading level
4.9
Series statement
Joey Pigza series
Series volume
bk. 2
Study program name
AR
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Fathers and sons
  • Baseball stories
  • Alcoholism
  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Fathers and sons
  • Baseball
  • Alcoholism
  • Alcoholism
  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Baseball stories
  • Fathers and sons
  • Fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • Fiction.
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
Joey Pigza loses control, Jack Gantos
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Sequel to: Joey Pigza swallowed the key
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Potholes -- Dog-eared -- Storybook land -- Bad golf -- Caveman -- Thinking -- My game -- The gift -- Downtown -- Secret -- Jelly legs -- Scary-book land -- The moon -- The mall
Control code
43555101
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
195 pages
Isbn
9780374399894
Lccn
00020098
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)43555101
Label
Joey Pigza loses control, Jack Gantos
Publication
Note
Sequel to: Joey Pigza swallowed the key
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Potholes -- Dog-eared -- Storybook land -- Bad golf -- Caveman -- Thinking -- My game -- The gift -- Downtown -- Secret -- Jelly legs -- Scary-book land -- The moon -- The mall
Control code
43555101
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
195 pages
Isbn
9780374399894
Lccn
00020098
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)43555101

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